Isn't it a bad idea to tell people how to mix those chemicals? Isn't that bad karma?
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Megan E. - Aug 18, 2006 10:06:10 am PDT #3437 of 10001
aurelia - Aug 18, 2006 10:11:31 am PDT #3438 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'd argue that the mental illness on the protagonist's part and the attendant anguish that causes him are sufficiently adult subjects that an R rating is called for, far moreso than a few f-bombs dropped in conversations that kids probably hear in real life fairly regularly.
I think reading The Bell Jar and Johnny Got His Gun in high school probably disturbed me more that that freaky bunny would have. But to me, the more real the story is the more disturbing it can be.
I remember Sixteen Candles being shown at my high school. The vice principal was in the projection booth turning down the volume or putting his hand over the lens at the "objectionable" moments. It was lame, but I think they avoided parental complaints.
Typo Boy - Aug 18, 2006 10:13:36 am PDT #3439 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Isn't it a bad idea to tell people how to mix those chemicals? Isn't that bad karma?
Pretty widely known. Also more of a deterrent than anything -tells you how tough it is, does not really tell you how to get around the obstacles (though I bet you could find out pretty quickly).
Also given that we are keeping people from taking water onboard airplanes (which have dangerously dry air) on the grounds that particular chemistry was to be used to blow them up, it seems reasonable to explain why it would not have worked. I mean do you leave overhyped allegations unrefuted? Or simply say that the plots as described were implausible without providing evidence?
Allyson - Aug 18, 2006 10:15:17 am PDT #3440 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 10:20:14 am PDT #3441 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I remember Sixteen Candles being shown at my high school. The vice principal was in the projection booth turning down the volume or putting his hand over the lens at the "objectionable" moments.
What were those, anyway?
Vortex - Aug 18, 2006 10:21:59 am PDT #3442 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I remember that when it was shown on TV, they cut the potsmoking scene
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 10:26:35 am PDT #3443 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I remember that when it was shown on TV, they cut the potsmoking scene
That's what I was thinking, but then I remembered that was in The Breakfast Club. Was there pot in Sixteen Candles too?
aurelia - Aug 18, 2006 10:28:27 am PDT #3444 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think there was a scene in the girls shower that got the hand over the lens treatment. The other stuff was just language.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 18, 2006 10:30:30 am PDT #3445 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't envy the person working the volume control to censor a movie that featured a character named Long Duk Dong.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 10:30:51 am PDT #3446 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think there was a scene in the girls shower that got the hand over the lens treatment. The other stuff was just language.
You're thinking of Porky's. (Sorry. Just kidding.)